so, i made the torte. it turned out...alright. i salvaged it, kind of. if you are going to make this, DEFINITELY use some parchment paper. i didn't have any and thought i could manage without it by just greasing the baking sheet. oh brother, was i wrong! the macaroons spread like crazy and were still pretty tough to get off the baking sheet. fortunately, since the whole thing is covered in frosting, it's pretty easy to clean up your mistakes. a few trims and some handy work with a spatula and it didn't end up looking like too much of a disaster. anyway...we all started eating it and then i remembered that i needed to take pictures. so, here are a few pictures of the half eaten cake.